Distributed at the 2025 Annual Meeting. Click in the lower right of the reader below to read the report full-screen. Or click here to download a pdf if you prefer. Previous years’ Annual Reports and other records can be found here.

TWO WEDNESDAYS, JANUARY 22 & 29, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in person in Bloedel Hall or online via Zoom. Free, no registration required. Optional Community Dinner at 6 p.m. ($6/child; $8/adult; $25/max. family) led by Dean Steve Thomason   Our world is seemingly on fire, and the uncertainties of our time translate to a sense of chaos and upheaval. Anxiety and anger run amok. Under threat of change, the human impulse is to conservative inertia or even regression, which invariably leads to injustice and … Read More

DOCUMENTS TO BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE MEETING: 2025 Meeting Agenda Last Year’s Annual Meeting Minutes Candidates for Vestry and Convention Delegate (also available as a pdf) 2025 Social Media Survey 2024 Annual Report   SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2025, 12:30–2 P.M., Bloedel Hall and via Zoom The 2025 Annual Meeting of St. Mark’s Cathedral Parish, Seattle, will be on Sunday, January 26, 2025, at 12:30 p.m. in Bloedel Hall and via Zoom. The meeting will include election of parish Vestry members … Read More

UPDATED WITH VIDEO WEDNESDAY CATHEDRAL COMMONS FORUM Icons: Portals of Sacred Beauty WEDNESDAY, FEBRAURY 12, 2025, 6:45–8:15 P.M., in Bloedel Hall and on Zoom Byzantine iconography is an ancient and deeply prayerful art form in the Christian tradition, dating back nearly to the apostolic times. Over the centuries, it has evolved and developed as the faith spread throughout the world. Iconography follows a highly systematic and disciplined process which has been handed from teacher to student for centuries. It’s also a … Read More

UPDATE 1/24/25: Heartfelt gratitude to the many participant who came together to make January 19’s Afternoon of Service such a joyous community event. Together, we made 100 peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for Operation Nightwatch, inventoried all the hygiene supplies that have arrived for Donna Jean’s Place Shelter, and filled 20 shower caddies that will be given to the shelter’s first residents. We decorated cards to welcome the 20 women and additional decorated cards will be used later this spring … Read More

A Wisdom School weekend workshop with Joseph Benton Howell, Ph.D. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025, 6:30–8:30 P.M. and SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025, 9:30 A.M.–2:30 P.M., in person and via Zoom. Registration required. This three-part workshop will approach the Spirituality of the Enneagram in ways we have not previously considered in the Wisdom School. Friday evening’s session will use the foundational concept of the soul child to describe the nine types with specific egoic reactions that come when disconnected from our original goodness. We will … Read More

UPDATED WITH VIDEO WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2025 led by Canon Wendy Claire Barrie The historic Creeds of the Church—most importantly the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed—are an essential and obligatory part of our liturgical tradition, and also a potential stumbling block for many. In this Wednesday forum led Canon Barrie, participants explored what the Creeds are (and what they are not), asked where they come from and how they came to be central to our worship practice, looked at … Read More

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2025 led by Dean Steve Thomason and Canon Emily Griffin The Saint Mark’s Vestry has once again authorized Saint Mark’s serving as a Sanctuary Hub, if called upon by the Sanctuary Network in our region. Dean Thomason and Canon Emily Griffin explored ways to respond compassionately and with intention, guided by our mandate to respect the dignity of every human being. Key to this effort will be a cohort of volunteers to serve in various ways, and … Read More

Vestry Members Continuing in Office Term ends January 2027: Phil Haas Julia Logan Martha Craig Christopher Breunig The Rev. Gail Wheatley (Diocesan Member)   Term ends January 2028: Deborah Person Hannah Hochkeppel Sam Herring Mark Lundquist The four members elected at the 2026 Annual Meeting will end their term January 2029. Download a pdf version of this candidate list. All members of Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral congregation are invited to attend the 2026 Annual Meeting to elect new parish Vestry … Read More